Marcus Maye is other Jets safety making pivotal plays

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CINCINNATI — The Jets have one safety who gets all the headlines in Jamal Adams. But they have another safety making key plays for them.

Marcus Maye is not as flashy as Adams and does not get as much attention, but he came up with a huge play last week against the Raiders, stuffing a fourth-down run. It was the latest play by one of the team’s steadiest players.

“He’s been consistent. He’s reliable,” coach Adam Gase said. “He’s probably one of the smarter players that we have on defense — his knowledge of football is outstanding. He’s one of those guys, it’s kind of having an extra quarterback on the field in the secondary. You’ve got two guys that do such a great job of playing off…